bat garland

October 3, 2010

I went shopping with my friend Patty this week and as a belated birthday present she picked me up this adorable vintage looking pumpkin. Isn't he cute? I was inspired by his green and orange to make some coordinating garland.

I picked this crepe paper up at a garage sale this summer for a quarter. I found the bat template at The Long Thread and used some sharp scissors.

I started by folding the crepe paper back and forth so I could make more than one bat at a time.

Then I laid the template down (notice it's a little bigger than the paper, that's fine) and cut around it.

I ended up with a nice big pile of bats

Then I took some black thread and stitched a line straight down the middle

Feeding in a new bat (make sure they are all facing the same direction) so the tips touch.

Rachel - You won the custom blog design package at seven thirty three. I sent you an email earlier this week but haven't heard back. Please email me by midnight tonight (733blog(at)gmail.com) or I will pick another winner.

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